diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/earlyoom/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/earlyoom/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..081996dfd42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/earlyoom/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "earlyoom-${version}";
+  version = "0.11";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "rfjakob";
+    repo = "earlyoom";
+    rev = "08b7ed8e72feed2eec2e558ba2cfacbf6d469594";
+    sha256 = "1k3xslb70fzk80wlka32l0k2v45qn1xgwyjkjiz85gv6v4mv92vl";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    cp earlyoom $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Early OOM Daemon for Linux";
+    homepage    = https://github.com/rfjakob/earlyoom;
+    license     = lib.licenses.mit;
+    platforms   = lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9e1e6226f22..d72f374b65d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -851,6 +851,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   dynamic-colors = callPackage ../tools/misc/dynamic-colors { };
 
+  earlyoom = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/earlyoom { };
+
   ecasound = callPackage ../applications/audio/ecasound { };
 
   edac-utils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/edac-utils { };